Imperials and other Mopar models

[roger crabtree <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thught imperials started at c body.  You mean they
made a light version of and they did go fast.  My C at
a 10 mile an hour roll start can blow the doors of
most modern cars and it is not light.

Remeber this is not to start a problem just an
opionion.  I like side ways as much as the next guy.RC



 --- Jim Gathmann <jim_gathmann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >
'course wieght is an other interesting topic- the
> 80;s
> and 90's Imps are roughly the same amount of mass
> and
> have about the same hp engines....
> 
> And I always hear people talk about the newer ones
> being big slow tanks, lol.
> 
> But it is interesting that the RWD M-body is the
> same
> wieght as a FWD eek-based model. Makes me wonder
> what
> they stuck in the 90's model to make it weigh about
> as
> much. I remeber Donovan's k-car had something like
> 300
> or 400 lbs of stuff removed from the interior
> alone.... the Imperial is larger and I would guess
> it's interior pieces wieght thus even more....
> --- Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear Dale,
> > 
> > One of the advantages of unibody construction is
> it
> > does not require
> > heavy gauge steel, or as much steel, as body on
> > frame construction.  A
> > unibody derives most of its strength from the way
> > it's put together--
> > two thinner, lighter pieces working together to do
> > the work of one heavy
> > piece.  If you were to completely disassemble some
> > unibodies you would
> > be surprised how thin and flexible the panels
> are--
> > it's only when
> > they're welded together that they're strong.
> > 
> > I worked in a H**** parts dept. for a summer and I
> > was amazed at how
> > easy it was to bend a door skin from one of these
> > cars-- I could've bent
> > it in half easily.  Not so with an Imperial!  But
> > when you put it all
> > together, it's very strong.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > MNTwin1@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > > It was interesting to see the very definite
> > difference in the gauge of
> > > the sheet metal.  The New Yorker, which is
> > unibody, has a much thinner
> > > gauge metal floor.  The Imperial, body on frame
> > construction, was
> > > definitely thicker.  No wonder these cars weigh
> as
> > much as they do.  I
> > > would have thought the unibody car would have
> > thicker gauge steel.
> > 
> > 
> >